Crypto Mama and SEC Drama
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A newly released transcript shines a light on a heated debate over crypto happening inside the SEC.
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Bitcoin cash celebrated its first birthday yesterday. Long the subject of criticism, BCH is said to have seen an influx of new projects, including social media and tipping methods, taking advantage of its blockchain.
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CoinDesk’s Stan Higgins joins host Marc Hochstein to discuss SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce – aka Crypto Mom – and her dissent from a recent decision rejecting a bitcoin-tied exchange-traded fund backed by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.
Recorded August 1, 2018 in New York, NY.
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